Required Skills/Experience:
1-2 years of experience required.
Preferred Skills/Experience:
RN experience with respiratory/vented patients strongly preferred.
Unit Details:
Primary patients are respiratory-focused and vent-dependent.
The unit is a medical environment rather than a traditional Med/Surg unit.
Nurses do not manage ventilators; respiratory therapists handle the ventilators.
The Respiratory Care Unit uses a 1:9 day/evening ratio and a 1:12 night ratio.
TRU cares for TBI and medically complex chronic care patients, with ratios of 1:7-10 on day/evening shifts and 1:12 on night shifts.
Unit procedures include IV starts, drips, blood administration, EKGs, medication titration, glucose monitoring, wound vac changes, complex and simple wound dressings, tracheostomy care, suctioning, straight catheterization, Foley care, port access, central line dressing changes, and wound measurements.
Shift & Scheduling:
Every other weekend is required.
Floating Requirements:
Will float to like chronic care units: RCU, RCU2, SDU and TRU (travelers float first). For a 12 hour shift, may be on one unit for 4 hours and another for 8 hours.
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